Geithner to have surgery for kidney stones

[Po_d Mainiac]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was admitted to a local hospital Friday where he will undergo minor surgery to deal with a kidney stone

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Gravity has won....A few of his cranial stones/rocks have migrated south.

[Sanity Claws]

1. He has medical insurance

I wonder if it even crosses his mind that many fellow Americans could not have that surgery because they lack insurance or lack the cash to pay deductibles and co-pays required by insurers.

[aquart]

2. Oh, I hope it hurts.

Hell, I know it hurts. And I'm pleased.

[CountAllVotes]

3. most people end up toughing this out

They give you a script for some pain killers and say farewell to you. Surgery? Only if it is critical/life threatening I suspect.

Must be nice having great insurance that pays for everything while others suffer.

Get well soon ...

[woodsprite]

12. If it's too large to pass, they'll use sound waves to break it up.

Now, that being said, passing those shards hurts MUCH more than just passing a single stone.

I'm sitting here right now with a 6+ millimeter one in my right kidney and I *DREAD* the day it goes on the move. They said they won't do anything with it until it causes unbearable pain or complications - like blocking the ureter.
I've had them before and given the choice, I'd give birth to another baby without anesthetic rather than have another stone. I would think it would be 100-fold worse for a guy.

So yes, if you're that kinda person, you can take comfort in the fact that he's in pain or doped up enough that he just doesn't care about the pain. I wouldn't wish it on anybody.

[REP]

24. Some have to be removed surgically if they don't pass

I had a stone removed from the lower pole of my left kidney. It was believed to be the nidus of my recurring infections, and was the type of stone that could have become a 'stag horn' which can be quite dangerous. The surgery, while simple, is invasive and EXTREMELY PAINFUL.

[T Wolf]

4. May he suffer unbearable pain and may one of the unionized nurses make a mistake or two w/ his meds

so that he really feels that pain.

[gratuitous]

5. Get well soon, Mr. Geithner

When I first heard it was "minor" surgery, I immediately thought it had to do with his heart.

[Dr.Phool]

7. I thought it was brain surgery on his hemheroids.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. enlarged hearts are a problem. Tiny ones made of stone?

not so much

[Volaris]

35. Ohhhhhh..

Brutal, you are, to this poor man=)
but never being one to miss an opportunity, I was going to suggest that this is what happens when you drink too much Kool-Aid=)

[Hawkeye-X]

6. Although I wish him to resign and go away for good, but...

I wish him a refuah shelemah, a speedy recovery.

[SkyDaddy7]

8. WOW! There are truly some sick folks rolling around here...

Wishing pain & suffering on another human being just because you do not agree on certain political and/or philosophical issues? Seriously? And these people call themselves "progressives"...I swear DU has become the twilight zone!

I wonder how many Republicans are here making these comments? It just breaks my heart to know folks can be so cruel over poltics...Do we really want to look like heartless right wing knuckle draggers? Because from the comments I have seen here lately on DU it seems that is what we are turning into.

[jtuck004]

16. I wonder how many kids won't eat tonight because of this asshole.

I wonder about why he helped shovel hard-earned taxpayer money into the largest banks, to GE, to McDonald's, to foreign governments and investors instead of to families from being kicked to the curb from their homes, or keep teachers, police, firefighters, to fix sewer or water pipes that would have prevented disease...

I wonder about the pain that was in a mother or father's eyes when they came home and told the family that the job they depended on was gone because Geithner and the Bernank had chosen to support the greedy and wealthy, leaving them 99 weeks of unemployment while the government was giving 70 billion dollars a year to the most wealthy of our country as tax breaks instead of using it for a jobs program or to rebuild manufacturing.

I wonder about some things as well. As far as looking like "heartless, right-wing knuckledraggers", the president we voted for nominated and fought for Geithner to get into the position from which he could support the reckless, criminal, and treasonous behavior of our largest investment banks.

We don't have to look "like" anything. What we are is bad enough.

[Michigan-Arizona]

18. Thank you jtuck004, nicely said! n/t

[No Elephants]

29. But what you say about Timmeh might reflect badly upon Obama.

[egoclothes]

32. +1

[No Elephants]

28. Good thing Timmeh never inflicted actual pain and suffering on millions, as opposed to a mere

message board post that does Timmeh (or anyone) any real harm.

"It just breaks my heart to know folks can be so cruel over poltics..."

Posts at DU really hurt Timmeh a lot. :eyes:

[Kennah]

9. Get well soon, Mr. Geithner

The American people will soon need another good ol' Deliverance style installment of education in plutocracy.

[peoli]

10. I just had shockwave on my kidney two days ago and am peeing blood. you guys are dicks.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. I've had one, without the zapping.

holy agnoy, batman.

[Hubert Flottz]

11. I'm a stones fan!

[No Elephants]

30. LOL!

[Twinguard]

15. Kidney stones totally suck.

I wouldn't wish a kidney stone on my worst enemy... well, maybe my WORST enemy, but nobody else.

[JCMach1]

36. Exactly, I have one word for you: stinting

I had a freaking 1CM Uric acid stone they couldn't bust up because of location... 2 procedures and 8 days in hospital completely frakked me up...

[Ticonderoga]

17. Be a real man for once in your miserable life

Timmey and pass them out your teenie little weenie.

[notadmblnd]

19. I thought they just lasered the little bastards these days?

then all he has to do is piss them out. I know, very painful for a man (some say closest to giving birth that a man can come). But I think he deserves the pain. Ah, what the hell, cut him open, that'll hurt too.:shrug:

[REP]

25. Do you know how they get the laser into the kidney???

Yeah. Hurts like fucking hell. And the pain is no worse for men than it is for women.

[notadmblnd]

26. Did I say it wouldnt' hurt?

Since the 1980s, lasers have been used in the treatment of painful kidney stones. Lasers are used when kidney stones fail to pass through the body after several days, it provides a quick and low-pain way to break up the stone and allow the stones to be easily passed through the body.

# A lithotripsy (lith-oh-trip-see) procedure is any approach that uses an instrument to break kidney stones into smaller parts. For the laser approach, a physician inserts a optical fiber often no bigger than a hair into the patients' ureter, drawing the fiber upward until it reaches the kidney stones. The laser is activated, and the energy burst causes the stone to break apart while leaving the ureter's tissue unharmed.
Expelling the Stones
# Once the stones burst, the remaining pieces are passed through the ureter and expelled in the urine. A physician also may opt to insert a catheter that removes the pieces immediately following the laser procedure.


Read more: Laser Treatment for Kidney Stones | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5154337_laser-treatment-kidney-stones.html#ixzz17mmOX7a9

[Johnny Harpo]

20. While They Are At It...Maybe They Can Take Tim's Head Out Of His Butt....

n/t

[BlueIris]

21. Enjoy that free, government sponsored healthcare while it lasts. nt

[Po_d Mainiac]

22. It ain't like he couldn't see what his problem was

[laylah]

23. May he recover: HOWEVER,

may it be VERY long and painful!
Jenn

[xenoturkey]

27. Wow the hate here is amazing

I don't like Geithner better than the next progressive but the hate on here is the kind of vitriol I would expect of a freeper. Very alarming and sad that it has descended to this.

[Amonester]

39. Geithner & Co Hates US more, AND...

contrary to US, his ACTIONS HURT millions of people that have the bad luck of having to live below the poverty line.

Well deserved harsh words will never physically hurt that criminal a-hole, but his crimes destroyed many lives already.

I guess you don't know about any of his (covered-up) crimes?

[Hawkowl]

40. Contempt begets hate

Unfortunately, Timmeh has earned all the hate, and more.

[Rex]

41. Right! ONE thread and it is of COURSE the standard of ALL

DU threads...wow how many times have I heard that Right Wing meme thrown to and fro around here. :eyes:

"It hurts the party blah blah" :eyes:

[No Elephants]

31. Timmeh won on extending tax cuts for billionaires at the expense of

our grandkids.

I don't wish pain on anyone, nor am I responsible for Timmeh's pain, but I'm not all broken up, either.

Plenty of folks who never hurt the country get kidney stones and far worse. And without health insurance, either.

[Vidar]

33. Geithner is a kidney stone.

[Skittles]

34. I hop the stones have antlers

[midnight armadillo]

38. staghorn stone!

The pain of such a thing would be un-friggin-believable.

[Paula Sims]

37. The role of Timothy Geithner will now be played by a deer in headlights. . .

. . . and NO ONE will notice the difference. . .